TRUMP'S CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISOR OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE COMMON MAN

We all know government officials are frequently out of touch with the average American. Here’s another fine example of that. President Trump’s chief economic advisor Gary Cohn – let’s repeat: CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISOR – said Thursday that middle-class Americans would benefit significantly from the GOP tax reform proposal: for example, families earning $100,000 with two children would save about $1,000 under the tax plan. What can they do with all that savings? Cohn – the former CEO of Goldman Sachs, suggested Americans “can renovate their kitchen, they can buy a new car, they can take a family vacation, they can increase their lifestyle,” he said. The actual national median household income is roughly $59,000. And according to HomeAdvisor.com, the average price of a kitchen renovation in 2017 is minimum $21,000.
* $1,000? Maybe by “renovate their kitchen” he meant “buy a new refrigerator”.
* $1,000 buys a lot of pitchforks and torches.
* Maybe his last name “Cohn” is pronounced “Con”.
* I’m ashamed to say, I HAVE bought a car with $1,000.
* So, who’s more qualified to be Chief Economic Advisor – Joe the Plumber?
* Relax. The first President Bush didn’t even know what a grocery store checkout scanner was.